F2A to IR-1 Upgrade Timeline Thread

[saladboye 166]

12 hours ago, stech786 said:

My question, since, we are in May 2019 and currently, USCIS is processing US citizen case as of Oct 2018, which mean, my PD is passed. Do I still wait 5 months before process start or does it mean in 5 months, visa will be issued? Meaning all process updates and requests will take 5 months before visa interview is schedule?

Yes technically it means it has passed but since these situations are not tracked it is hard to tell. Some people had their's approved < 1 month and some took exactly 5 months like mentioned in the email.

 

The 5 months means to approve your I-130 which is handled by USCIS. The NVC stage can add another 2-3 months.

 

I'm glad I could add to your frustrations.

[stech786 236]

@saladboye

 

Looking at these charts, it seem everyone got their approval in 5 months. Yea, its hard to tell what was date USCIS were processing US cases. Maybe good to add another column, where ppl can add date as of USCIS is processing. Just to clarify my PD F2A date was Mar 2018, so USCIS is process as of Oct 2018. Looks we are are in the same range. You just got the email right? that user Ammy got i130 in 1 month. Maybe because PD was in Nov 2017. 6 months prior to ours

 

 

Username	F2A PD	Naturalization Date	Upgrade Request	Upgrade Processed	NVC or USCIS	I130 ApprovalDate	NVC Letter	NVC Interview	Service Center
Airman	10/27/2017	4/18/2018	--/--/----	4/25/2018	USCIS	9/18/2018	10/30/2018	02/04/2019	California
bishnup	1/25/2018	6/27/2018	6/27/2018	8/9/2018	USCIS	3/19/2019	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
Lily29	11/7/2017	10/16/2018	10/16/2018	10/26/2018	USCIS	4/29/2019	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
Ginwill	05/10/2018	 11/26/2018	11/26/2018	1/12/2019	USCIS	4/12/2019	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
Mahiv	10/18/2019	--/--/----	--/--/----	1/19/2019	USCIS	--/--/----	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
Kun199	04/01/2018	--/--/----	2/1/2019	2/7/2019	USCIS	2/22/2019	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
Ammy	11/3/2017	--/--/----	2/13/2019	3/19/2019	USCIS	3/19/2019	--/--/----	--/--/----
J()hn	8/7/2017	3/20/2019	3/20/2019	3/27/2019	USCIS	--/--/----	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
Mosen	1/1/2018	3/14/2019	4/18/2019	4/25/2019	USCIS	--/--/----	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
saladboye	6/1/2018	4/18/2019	4/24/2019	4/26/2019	USCIS	--/--/----	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
carlislepike	5/2/2018	4/17/2019	4/30/2019	05/09/2019	USCIS	--/--/----	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
A&U	7/12/2018	5/15/2019	05/20/2019	05/23/2019	USCIS	--/--/----	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
Bamo	8/9/2018	4/9/2019	4/19/2019	--/--/----	USCIS	--/--/----	--/--/----	--/--/----	California

 

 

 

[bishnup 44]

On 5/24/2019 at 1:59 PM, stech786 said:

@saladboye

 

Looking at these charts, it seem everyone got their approval in 5 months. Yea, its hard to tell what was date USCIS were processing US cases. Maybe good to add another column, where ppl can add date as of USCIS is processing. Just to clarify my PD F2A date was Mar 2018, so USCIS is process as of Oct 2018. Looks we are are in the same range. You just got the email right? that user Ammy got i130 in 1 month. Maybe because PD was in Nov 2017. 6 months prior to ours

 

 

Username	F2A PD	Naturalization Date	Upgrade Request	Upgrade Processed	NVC or USCIS	I130 ApprovalDate	NVC Letter	NVC Interview	Service Center
Airman	10/27/2017	4/18/2018	--/--/----	4/25/2018	USCIS	9/18/2018	10/30/2018	02/04/2019	California
bishnup	1/25/2018	6/27/2018	6/27/2018	8/9/2018	USCIS	3/19/2019	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
Lily29	11/7/2017	10/16/2018	10/16/2018	10/26/2018	USCIS	4/29/2019	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
Ginwill	05/10/2018	 11/26/2018	11/26/2018	1/12/2019	USCIS	4/12/2019	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
Mahiv	10/18/2019	--/--/----	--/--/----	1/19/2019	USCIS	--/--/----	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
Kun199	04/01/2018	--/--/----	2/1/2019	2/7/2019	USCIS	2/22/2019	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
Ammy	11/3/2017	--/--/----	2/13/2019	3/19/2019	USCIS	3/19/2019	--/--/----	--/--/----
J()hn	8/7/2017	3/20/2019	3/20/2019	3/27/2019	USCIS	--/--/----	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
Mosen	1/1/2018	3/14/2019	4/18/2019	4/25/2019	USCIS	--/--/----	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
saladboye	6/1/2018	4/18/2019	4/24/2019	4/26/2019	USCIS	--/--/----	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
carlislepike	5/2/2018	4/17/2019	4/30/2019	05/09/2019	USCIS	--/--/----	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
A&U	7/12/2018	5/15/2019	05/20/2019	05/23/2019	USCIS	--/--/----	--/--/----	--/--/----	California
Bamo	8/9/2018	4/9/2019	4/19/2019	--/--/----	USCIS	--/--/----	--/--/----	--/--/----	California

 

 

 

Finally NVC received my case on may 22. 64 days after Noa2.

[saladboye 166]

I am loosing my patience, contacted my congressional representative for assistance.

[stech786 236]

2 hours ago, bishnup said:

Finally NVC received my case on may 22. 64 days after Noa2.

 

Congrats!!. Your upgrade was process 2 months after your oath. Was that via email or mail letter. Do you know, when what month USCIS was processing for US citizens's i-130 in  August 2018? that may explain why it took few months to approve i-130

 

 

1 minute ago, saladboye said:

I am loosing my patience, contacted my congressional representative for assistance.

me too

[bishnup 44]

10 minutes ago, stech786 said:

 

Congrats!!. Your upgrade was process 2 months after your oath. Was that via email or mail letter. Do you know, when what month USCIS was processing for US citizens's i-130 in  August 2018? that may explain why it took few months to approve i-130

 

 

me too

After upgrading the petition from f2a to IR it takes me 5 month to get rfe. After submitting rfe 2 months to approved and two month to receive by nvc.

[stech786 236]

14 minutes ago, bishnup said:

After upgrading the petition from f2a to IR it takes me 5 month to get rfe. After submitting rfe 2 months to approved and two month to receive by nvc.

So, it doesn’t matter if we filed 2 yrs ago? This sounds like as if we filed i130 today. It takes 1 yr if & when US citizen files i130.

[saladboye 166]

24 minutes ago, stech786 said:

So, it doesn’t matter if we filed 2 yrs ago? This sounds like as if we filed i130 today. It takes 1 yr if & when US citizen files i130.

 

Thing is such cases are not measured and we are at USCIS mercy for this. 

 

Kinda like how once your application is approved, there are no defined timelines for administrative process (caused me delay of 6 months as a result)

 

 

[Lily29 20]

12 hours ago, bishnup said:

Finally NVC received my case on may 22. 64 days after Noa2.

Congratulations,that’s a step ahead.

[bishnup 44]

6 hours ago, Lily29 said:

Congratulations,that’s a step ahead.

Thank you

[stech786 236]

@bishnup congrats

 

do you know in August 2018, when your upgrade was processed, what month USCIS was processing the US citizen petitions 

 

Which service center before moving to NvC?

 

@saladboye today I received mail letter confirming my upgrade if I-130. did you get yours? (Guessing 4/26/19) I contacted my congressman. They said, they will help but not expedite the case. 

 

Which service center are you at?

Edited May 29, 2019 by stech786

[bishnup 44]

1 minute ago, stech786 said:

@bishnup congrats

 

do you know in August 2018, when your upgrade was processed, what month USCIS was processing the US citizen petitions 

 

Which service center before moving to NvC?

 

@saladboye today I received mail letter confirming my upgrade if I-130. did you get yours? (Guessing 4/26/19) I contacted my congressman. They said, they will help but not expedite the case. 

 

Which service center are you at?

It takes me 38 days to upgrade the petition and i send them all documents through fax. I didn’t get any email about upgrade i called the uscis and representative not able to tell my status. When i talked to supervisor he told me my petition was upgraded to IR from F2A. Mine was on CSC they take so long yo approve and send to NVC as well.

[bishnup 44]

15 hours ago, Lily29 said:

Congratulations,that’s a step ahead.

Thank you

[saladboye 166]

21 minutes ago, bishnup said:

It takes me 38 days to upgrade the petition and i send them all documents through fax. I didn’t get any email about upgrade i called the uscis and representative not able to tell my status. When i talked to supervisor he told me my petition was upgraded to IR from F2A. Mine was on CSC they take so long yo approve and send to NVC as well.

Yes I did get confirmation it was upgraded. Got an email on 04/26/2019.

 

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They said, they will help but not expedite the case. 

Congressman cannot expedite, they can request to expedite if it meets criteria. They can help move things along tough.

 

 

I went bananas I contacted:

1. Field Office Director via email (didn't get bounce back or vacation reply yay!)
2. Congressman
3. Senator
4. Ombudsman.

[saladboye 166]

28 minutes ago, stech786 said:

@bishnup congrats

 

do you know in August 2018, when your upgrade was processed, what month USCIS was processing the US citizen petitions 

 

Which service center before moving to NvC?

 

@saladboye today I received mail letter confirming my upgrade if I-130. did you get yours? (Guessing 4/26/19) I contacted my congressman. They said, they will help but not expedite the case. 

 

Which service center are you at?

I am at CSC. I did not get a mail letter, an email. If you see my prevous post on thread, you can see SR completed under the old my uscis case status